conk

Example Sentences

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It could be the cells in the body reach a critical number of mutations and then conk out.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

Everybody had a new car and a conk.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

Apple won’t say how many months of use or charge cycles AirPod batteries can withstand, but some owners have reported that they conk out as early as 18 months.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

They’d be fairly likely to conk out from boredom before the 5-year-old pilots in.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018

Everybody understood that my head had to stay kinky awhile longer, to grow long enough for Shorty to conk it for me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey